West Michigan Arts Season Preview: 2024-25

Arts exhibitions and performances have returned in full swing to West Michigan. This season, there’s absolutely no shortage of concerts, symphonies, plays, musicals, ballet, visual arts and beyond. 

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Artist Feature: Rhiannan Sibbald

Rhiannan Sibbald says she’s one of those textbook stories of someone who’s been artist their whole life, and she owes that to her parents.

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Making Your Mark: A Guide to Your First Tattoo

You want to commemorate something. That band, maybe—the one whose music you’d listen to late at night, when the world was crumbling around you. 

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Review: 'Jersey Boys' Joyfully Flies By with Up-Close Action and Energy

The hit jukebox musical “Jersey Boys” begins with a foreshadowing on two levels. 

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Yuka Oba-Muschiana: Learning to Fly

Yuka Oba grew up in Japan’s Fukushima Prefecture, in a hometown nestled among mountains. An active, imaginative child, she would sometimes straddle a broomstick and run around the house, losing herself in dreams of flying.

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From Canvas to Community: Grand Rapids Art Galleries

In an age when you can find images of everything from the most ancient sculptures to the most groundbreaking new art online, there’s still nothing quite like seeing art in person. Fortunately, West Michigan has a vibrant array of galleries where you stroll, stare… and maybe pick out something to take home.

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Artist Feature: Thiago Porraz

For Thiago Porraz, it began in school with art classes, then turned into a hobby at home, which grew into a true passion.

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Artist Profile: George Eberhardt III

George Eberhardt III isn’t just an artist, he’s an educator.

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Review: Gripping and Gorgeous, 'Bambiland' Grapples With Returning to One's Roots

There is perhaps nothing more exciting for a well-seasoned theatre lover than the opportunity to see brand new work. 

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Review: 'Million Dollar Quartet' at SC4A is a Spectacular Look at a Musical Revolution

Just imagine the thrill of what it would be like to be a fly on the wall when Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Johnny Cash, and Carl Perkins had an impromptu jam session at the dawn of rock and roll.

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Review: Circle Theatre's ‘Raisin in the Sun’ Is Brimming with Life

Most plays never get written. Of those that make it to the page, most don’t get performed. Of those that manage to get performed, most are quickly forgotten.

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9th Annual Best of the West: Arts & Attractions

Coming in at number one in the Art Museum/Gallery category this year is Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, which also placed as a finalist for large-scale attraction, and it’s easy to see why. 

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Rise and Shine: CreativeMornings GR

"Is carpet fun?" The answer, Yang Kim said, is that it can be. She was speaking at UICA, at an event hosted by CreativeMornings GR. Kim has worked at Herman Miller and Peopledesign, where she is creative director.

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En Pointe En Plein Air: GR Ballet's Summer Series

This August, Grand Rapids Ballet’s Summer Series sees the venerable organization performing in Petoskey, outside Grand Rapids’ Peter Martin Wege Theater, and at Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park, in an effort to celebrate dance in an accessible, community-driven way.

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